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Post office is really in a mess

mikejee

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You've all heard, I expect the song "A pub with no beer". Well Yesterday and today I experienced a post office with no stamps (Well no books of 2nd class stamps, though they did have packets of 50) None yesterday and none today. Suppose it is because of running out before the price rise, but I do think they could have made allowance for that. I know you can get them at supermarkets (unless they too have run out), but even so........
 
Their parcel delivery times are a joke as well.
Twice recently I have had a time slot for the morning. So stayed in only to have the slot suddenly moved to afternoon. One eventually came at 6.45pm.
Today it was the opposite - slot was 10.50 to 14.50. Postman knocked the door at 10.10.
Other firms manage it so why can't Royal Mail?
 
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They have been "holding on to" the mail to concentrate on parcels...this as well as not paying anything to the Post Office scandal victims I can see them going Bust.
 
pjmburns said:
Their parcel delivery times are a joke as well.
Twice recently I have had a tome slot for the morning. So stayed in only to have the slot suddenly moved to afternoon. One eventually came at 6.45pm.
Today it was the opposite - slot was 10.50 to 14.50. Postman knocked the door at 10.10.
Other firms manage it so why can't Royal Mail?
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Janice it does'nt say anything about these hiccups on those monstrous artic lorries that proclaims on the sides 16 million parcels delivered what ever year it was . They did'nt put the times they were delivered though haha
 
well it was not that long ago that we used to have 2 letter box deliveries a day...some are not even getting 1 a day now..also the pillar box at the top of my road has been out of action for weeks now and i have no idea why.. some of us cant walk miles to the next one to post a letter...must try and find out why :rolleyes:

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The plan box outside our nearby post office (in the local One Stop shop) was out of order for a while.
Now you can still pop letters in but it also takes small parcels.
No idea how it works
 
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pjmburns said:
The plan box outside our nearby post office (in the local One Stop shop) was out of order for a while.
Now you can still pop letters in but it so takes smallpsrcels.
No idea how it works
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Yes, I've seen some of those in London!
I think you can also print off some proof or something, I wouldn't be very confident to use one, rather go into a Post Office!
 
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